Syracuse, N.Y. ― Syracuse senior Jesse Edwards, a native of the Netherlands, will play for the Dutch National Team in the upcoming World Cup European qualifiers tournament and the FIBA Eurobasket tournament.
Edwards, a 6-foot-11 center, will join his country’s national team in the World Cup European qualifying tournament for two games later this month.
European teams are looking to qualify for the FIBA World Cup 2023 with six tournament windows over the span of 15 months. By the last of these qualifiers in February of 2023, 12 European countries will have qualified to compete in the 2023 World Cup.
Netherlands enters the next qualifying window with an 0-4 record in Group L, which also includes Italy, Iceland, Spain, Georgia and Ukraine. Netherlands’ first game in this window will be against Georgia on Wednesday, Aug. 24, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Netherlands will host Spain in Alemere on Saturday, Aug. 27.
Edwards and his Dutch teammates will then participate in Eurobasket, beginning with a game against Serbia in Prague on Friday, Sept. 2. The Dutch are in a group which includes Serbia, Israel, Czech Republic, Poland and Finland.
Edwards has trained with the Netherlands National Team in each of the last two summers.
As a junior at Syracuse last year, Edwards enjoyed a breakout season. He was averaging 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks before injuring his wrist and missing the last nine games of the season.
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